Thursday, August 23, 2012

A quilt with healing powers







the black backing
This quilt measures 90" x 104", has cotton batting, made by Marcelle for a friend.
There were no Jelly rolls harmed in the making of this quilt.....but because this is a rail fence quilt, jelly rolls could be used.
 The appliqué sashing was hand drawn out over many hours by Marcelle which she then wanted repeated as a quilting design on the borders.
This design is a hammer head shark, the Maori meaning is strength & power. Which is very symbolic for Marcelle's friend & her family as they have gone through some personal losses in their family recently.
If you click on the photo's you will see on the border design I double stitched using Madeira variegated polyneon thread, the same thread Marcelle used for the buttonhole stitch on the appliqué sashing, as I felt this would give more definition to the design. For the inner part of the quilt I quilted an all over wave/ hammer head shark design.


10 comments:

  1. How absolutely gorgeous, Leeanne! Amazing quilting on this magical quilt!

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  2. Lovely quilt and as usual beautiful quilting

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  3. awesome, love the squirly sashing and the border

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  4. Beautiful colours and fabulous quilting! Congrats to you both :)

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  5. Hasn't it turned out beautiful! That border is awesome! Well done Marcelle and well done you!

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  6. Wow the colours are fantastic, reminds me of a paua shell! The quilting is just perfect for this quilt...:O)

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  7. Goes to show how an original but not overly complex design can look magnificent. Absolutely gorgeous quilting - how many hours would you have invested in this Leeanne??

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  8. What a great quilt and the quilting just finishes it perfectly

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  9. beautiful Leeanne! i'm marking this border design into my favs for future reference!

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  10. Leeanne, that is a beautiful quilt. Congratulations to you and Marcelle - I love the message in this quilt.
    Regards,

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